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I Could Speak Until Tomorrow: Oríkì, Women, and the Past in a Yoruba Town

An ethnography of oríkì oral praise poetry in the Oyo State town of Okuku, foregrounding women as the primary specialists of the genre.

← Yoruba / Ifá

Author
Karin Barber
Type
Book
Written
1991
Edition
2020
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute
Language
English
Tradition
Yoruba / Ifá
Identifiers
ISBN9780748699186

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